Wind generates over 27% of UK electricity on Oct 22

Wind turbines in Aberdeenshire. Photo by: FRE plc (freplc.co.uk).

October 23 (Renewables Now) - With 182,367 MWh produced, wind accounted for 27.2% of the electricity produced in the UK on October 22, second only to combined cycle gas generation, whose share was 40.2%.

The overall electricity generation for the day stood at 669,749 MWh, data by Elexon, the Balancing and Settlement Code Company (BSCCo) show. Biomass power was 8.97% of that.